94 Trails to Woods and Waters 



For a long time she would take no notice of 

 him but he strutted up and down so per- 

 sistently that she finally looked up. Even 

 then, her manner plainly said, " Why, where 

 in the world did you come from; I did not 

 suppose there was a bob-white anywhere in 

 this region?" Little by little, Bob-White 

 gained her goodwill until at last she would let 

 him help her scratch for weed-seeds. They 

 spent a very pleasant forenoon together and 

 the thing was as good as settled. 



The following morning, Bob- White was 

 again perched on his barpost whistling his 

 cheery call-note, but when the answer came 

 up clear from the thicket, " white, white, 

 white," and he flew down to meet his in- 

 tended, sad to relate, another bob-white was 

 helping her hunt for weed-seed. 



Then her own particular Bob- White flew 

 at his rival and a cock fight began which 

 would have been most comical had not the 

 combatants been so deadly in earnest. They 

 lowered their heads and came at each other in 

 true game-cock style, striking with beak and 



